Destination Moon
1950 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 4,872 VOTES · DIR. Irving Pichel
Overview
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.
Dialogue Timeline — 962 lines
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00:02:14 There it is, General. It's your vindication.
00:06:33 "If any other power gets one into space before we do...
00:09:03 This time, I figured we might be ready for the government!
00:11:42 They don't even understand it!
00:14:56 Once out of the Earth's atmosphere, the rocket just keeps on going...
00:17:38 necessary for this project are not in the government!
00:21:36 What do you want?
00:24:12 We'll have to reschedule. - With what?
00:26:55 32.1
00:29:22 I'll sit up there with you and twiddle the knobs, just for laughs.
00:33:19 Calling traffic shack, over. - Traffic to ship, over.
00:39:18 Just where are we?
00:44:18 Sure! That's Los Angeles.
00:48:52 Close it, Skipper! We'll fall out!
00:54:21 Where is he?
01:00:00 We're stripped!
01:06:29 I hooked up our receiver too. You can have a two-way conversation with them.
01:09:08 I know it, but I can't believe it.
01:12:42 Charles, I picked up clicks.
01:15:48 706 Schedule B, check.
01:18:56 The 3 spacesuits then come back.
01:22:07 Never setting in this lunar sky.
01:24:32 I gave you your chance, now get going. Don't make a monkey out of me.
01:30:09 We're going home.
Cast & Characters
John Archer
Jim Barnes
Warner Anderson
Dr. Charles Cargraves
Tom Powers
General Thayer
Dick Wesson
Joe Sweeney
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Emily Cargraves
Steve Carruthers
Businessman at Meeting
Franklyn Farnum
Factory Worker
Jack Gargan
Businessman at Meeting
Everett Glass
Mr. La Porte
Kenner G. Kemp
Businessman at Meeting
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed962
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:02:14
Final line01:30:09
Production Record
DirectorIrving Pichel
LanguageEnglish
Budget$592,000
Revenue$5,000,000
IMDb votes4,872